John 1:14, NIV. The Word became flesh and lived for a while among us.
John 1:6-18
[6]God sent his messenger, a man named John,
[7]who came to tell people about the light, so that all should hear the message and believe.
[8]He himself was not the light; he came to tell about the light.
[9]This was the real light — the light that comes into the world and shines on everyone.
[10]The Word was in the world, and though God made the world through him, yet the world did not recognize him.
[11]He came to his own country, but his own people did not receive him.
[12]Some, however, did receive him and believed in him; so he gave them the right to become God’s children.
[13]They did not become God’s children by natural means, that is, by being born as the children of a human father; God himself was their Father.
[14]The Word became a human being and, full of grace and truth, lived among us. We saw his glory, the glory which he received as the Father’s only Son.
[15]John spoke about him. He cried out, “This is the one I was talking about when I said, ‘He comes after me, but he is greater than I am, because he existed before I was born.’ ”
[16]Out of the fullness of his grace he has blessed us all, giving us one blessing after another.
[17]God gave the Law through Moses, but grace and truth came through Jesus Christ.
[18]No one has ever seen God. The only Son, who is the same as God and is at the Father’s side, he has made him known.